The word ‘Ski’ is taken from the Norwegian word ‘skíð’ which implies a split bit of wood.
The main recorded downhill skiing race was held in Sweden, in 1879.
Snow capped skiing made its initially make a big appearance in the Winter Olympics of 1936 and German conceived Franz Pfnür turned into the principal man to win the gold decoration in the title.
‘Skiing’ is the main six-letter word in the English dialect with a twofold ‘I’ precisely in the center.
St Bernard of Montjoux is the benefactor holy person of skiers. He has broadcasted to holy person by Pope Pius XI in 1923. Bernard turned into a supporter and defender of skiers because of his four decades spent in preacher work all through the Alps. St. Bernard pooches are named after him.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the man who acquainted skiing with Switzerland. Subsequent to coming back from one of his ski trips in Norway, he carried with him a few skis as he felt Switzerland had the ideal territory for it. In his own particular words, ‘I am persuaded that the time will come when several English men will come to Switzerland for the skiing season.’
Skiing is one of the speediest non-mechanized games ashore. Skiers can ski speedier than an auto and this was demonstrated by Simone Origone in 2006 that set a world speed skiing record at 156.2 miles for every hour contrasted with the speed of street autos at 120 miles for each hour.
Numerous skiers summon the name of ‘Ullr’ the Norse God of winter and influence little offerings to motivate him to release a powder to dump on chose ski slopes.
Telemark ties designed by Norwegian Sondre Norheim, that predicament the ski to the plastic boot made it workable for skiers to hop noticeable all around.
Space explorer Harrison Schmitt said that space explorers flying out to the moon ought to take in the specialty of cross-country skiing as he trusted that the procedures engaged with skiing will help strolling on the moon less demanding and imagined ‘lunar skiing occasions’ later on.
